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In-depth analysis and historic data and market forecasts for the smartphone market globally and by country. Smartphone Intelligence Service - Premium delivers detailed data on smartphone shipments by OEM as well the active installed base of smartphones by feature, down to model level. The reports in this service provide actionable recommendations based on these unique data sets.

Also included are insights and analysis on topics such as augmented/mixed reality (AR/VR/MR), 5G, gigabit LTE, machine learning and AI in smartphones, and voice assistants.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies can be empowering instead of fearsome by enabling healthcare practitioners to put greater focus on patient care. This viewpoint, IHS Markit finds, is increasingly voiced throughout the healthcare industry as it adjusts to disruptive changes wrought by digital and transformative technologies.

Royal Philips has today announced an agreement to acquire the Healthcare Information Systems business line of Carestream Health Inc. The expectation is that combining Carestream’s cloud-based enterprise imaging platform with Philip’s radiology informatics products (including its own enterprise imaging solutions), will not only augment their overall technology platform, but will expand Philip’s footprint in Latin America, Europe, and Asia, where Carestream has been working to gain an installed base of healthcare systems.

Mobile World Congress 2019 was anticipated to showcase brand new 5G smartphone designs and the conference did not disappoint. Even before the show officially started, there were 6 smartphone designs with 5G modems already announced:

There was no doubt as to the “best in show” at the 2019 edition of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain last week. The award was given to the most significant product introduced during the week of the MWC conference. The host organizer, GSMA, bestowed the honors to Huawei for their Mate X foldable 5G smartphone; an out-folding smartphone that unfurls into a contiguous eight-inch tablet.

On 1 March, Siemens acquired German PV inverter supplier Kaco New Energy as it seeks to build out its PV inverter portfolio to include three-phase string inverters. This acquisition is further evidence of Siemens expanding its capabilities in the area of decentralised energy, renewables, storage and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure prior to its launch of its Smart Infrastructure Operating Company on 1 April 2019.

At its Unpacked event in San Francisco today, Samsung unveiled the 10th anniversary Galaxy S flagship smartphone models. The Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e represent a new design language moving into the next decade of smartphone designs, which undoubtably will include 5G and foldable phones.

As wireless industry start 2019, we will now see a new batch of competitive 5G solutions offered by the likes of Intel, Mediatek, Samsung LSI and HiSilicon poise to challenge the leading position of Qualcomm.

The global 5G transition is poised to take place at a faster pace than any previously wireless generation transition. The industry has been moving in lock-step as a common technology standard drives carrier adoption and capital investment in 5G network technology. ...